The Great Big Talk Show of Famous People (feat. Mindy from Wow in the World)

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A fun summer storytelling challenge and a humorous episode about a failing talk show with famous animal guests. Mindy from Wow in the World joins to discuss kid-written stories with imaginative twists and surprise endings.

Key takeaways

• Kids' creativity shines in wild, imaginative stories.
• Humor and surprise are key in engaging storytelling.
• Real-life connections (like dinosaurs and chickens) spark curiosity.

Transcript preview

Lemonnader. Hey Story Pirates, podcast listeners, Lee here. Welcome back to Story Pirates Summer. It's time for a Summer Story Challenge, leaderboard update. We have gotten so many amazing stories from all of you, and the leaderboard basically changes every single day. But we do have someone new in first place right now. Big Congrats to sibling, CEO. Richard and Elliot in Indiana. Coming in right behind them though are Tabitha from Arizona, Zev in Rubin in Oregon, and Vivi in Connecticut. And rounding out the top 10 this week is Lucas in Canada, Acadia in Massachusetts, Albee in North Carolina, Alessandro in Spain, Rafi in Rhode Island, and Victor in California. You can see the leaderboard for yourself right now at Story Pirates. leaderboard, but everyone else stay strong and keep riding. It's still very early in the summer and there is so much time left for everyone to write stories. And speaking of kids who aren't on the leaderboard yet, shout out to Ellie and Illinois who says, I'm Ellie and I love your podcast. I'm so excited to completely dominate this competition. Ha ha! Also, such a fun idea. I love it. Okay, inspirational quote. Imagination is more important. the knowledge Albert Einstein. I love that quote Ellie you are amazing and you can do it. Also shout out to Alistair in Michigan who says watch your head good advice Alistair I will watch my head we want to read as many stories as we can so we'll be updating the leaderboard every week at StoryP pirates.com slash leaderboard and I'll be shouting out more kids every week on the podcast You can find links to the Leaderboard and find out how to get your kids involved in the Summer Story Challenge in the show notes for today's episode. All right, on to today's new episode after a few more words for the Grown-ups. I love Story Pirates. It just filled me up with joy. My mom loves the jokes. Yo, my Jack. It may be very proud about my settings. Yeah, we're just getting like really deep into like, I want to say philosophy. I definitely think I can be more creative now. I'm the champion. The Story Pirates. podcast today's brand new story is about a talk show that's really having some trouble. They can't book famous enough guests, one of the co-hosts never shows up on time and it just gets worse from there. But what's bad for these characters is pretty good for us because it's funny. Here's the author to introduce it. Hi my name is Quincy. I'm 12 years old and I live in New York. This is my story the great big talk show of famous people. You're watching the Great Big Talk Show of Famous People, and here's your host, Linda. What do you mean no one has seen Jarrett? Not only am I expected to start the show without a co-host, but you, Greg, have me interviewing the least famous celebrities I've ever... What's that? We're live, right now? Hello audience! And welcome to the Great Big Talk Show of Famous People. I'm, of course, Linda. We're live. Some of you might remember me, baby Linda. I'm A-O-K. You don't recognize my adorable catchphrase? Now that I think of it, that sitcom hasn't aired since 1957. It'd be a great rewatch binge, as the kids say. No, no, no, no, don't walk out. We still have a great show. Because I'm here. It's me, your co-host, Jared the awesome. Thank you. Sorry I'm late I had another gig across town a gig Linda baby is what we in the business call a job. Well it's baby Linda and of course I know that because I've been in the business since I was a baby audience we have an amazing show for you as you know we only talk to the most famous of celebrities who will call us back and tonight is extra special because we're talking to new celebrities from the local nature Preserve. We're really stretching the word famous. And people. Audience, please welcome our first guest from the Nature Preserve, Oklahoma, the ostrich. Howdy, I'm the root-nest, tapeest, big old bird. Oh, delightful! And what are you famous for, Oklahoma? I'd be happy to show you if you can handle it. Ooh, a demonstration. Now you read this piece of paper and I'll get into position over here. Okay, all right. It says, boo. He's buried his head in the ground. You're famous for doing what every ostrich is famous for? Mm-hmm. Hey, no, audience, don't leave. After this commercial break, we'll have a bigger and more famous celebrity for you, so please, stay tuned. Looking for a great rewatch bench, as the kids say, how about the Baby Linda show? Back to the show! What's that? Jared is gone again? Greg, I can't believe you insisted he be my co-host. He's got a built-in audience, you said. I don't even know what he's famous for. What's that? We're back. Right now? Hello, audience. Sorry about that. I was just having a little Tiff with my long, long time producer, Greg. But I can assure you, um A-O-A-O-K. Seriously, no one recognizes my adorable catchphrase? I paid to have them run commercials with it all the time. And I'm back to, I'm still Jared D. Awesome! Sorry, I had to have a chat with my agent. An agent, Linda Baby, is what we in the biz call someone who finds us a gig. I know what an agent is. I've had the same one since 1962. Anyway, my beloved producer Greg has assured me that the next celebrity is definitely. famous for something, actually, it's two celebrities, and it says here that one of them is a dinosaur. Ooh! Maybe this show has a chance after all. Straight from the nature preserve, put your hands together for Lama the T-Rex and T-Rex the Lama. being Best Friends! Is it just me, or does Lama the T-Rex look like a Lama in a T-Rex suit? I am! Wait, you're just two Lamas who are friends? That doesn't make you famous! Get out! Who, me? Or me? Or both of us? Both of you! Yay,